Being gay in denmark
Ending discrimination and hate-crime
Denmark is famous for being an open and free-spirited country. In , the Danish Parliament passed legislation, which strengthened the protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender utterance and sex characteristics within and outside the labor market. However, there are still occurrences of hate-crime, hate-speech or discrimination.
"Denmark is a pioneering nation when it comes to improvement and strengthening of the legal rights for LGBT+ persons," says Morten Emmerik Wøldike, head of the Danish Institute for Human Rights serve with gender and LGBT+. Nonetheless, there are fields where Denmark could undertake more. Especially, when it comes to hate crimes.
"Even though we hold legislation in Denmark prohibiting hate crimes, many LGBT+ persons still experience despise and violence in the street," says Morten Emmerik Wøldike.
The abuse is primarily aimed at transgender persons. For instance, 56 per cent of non-binary persons have experienced discrimination based on their gender identity.
A pl Unrevolutionary Revolution: The Past, Offer and Future of Denmark’s Queer Community
A group of people stand around a table pointing at distinct designs of fliers. The fliers are all shadowy , each with a diverse configuration of a pink or yellow logo, and some have an additional rainbow or silhouette of a drag queen. A steaming coffeepot and a cake box sit beside the fliers. Soft sounds of guitar chords drift in from another room and a man begins to sing.
This is Living Room Tuesdays at Bøssehuset, the “Gay House” of Copenhagen’s Freetown Christiania neighborhood. Every Tuesday, its members get together to include cake and coffee, perform on craft projects such as knitting or sewing and enjoy each other’s company.
This week, they used this time to ready and rehearse for their Kønspolitisk Melodi Gram Prix, or “Gender-political Eurovision.”
Why It’s Newsworthy: In light of the increasing threat of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the United States, Denmark’s lane to general LGBTQ acceptance and solutions to current issues provide an curious comparison and perspective.
Although there are certainly still places in the world where existence LGBTQ is not accepted -- and in more extreme cases, illegal -- I've got some good news for you: things are getting better. There are countries in the world where you can feel comfortable in your own skin, find a thriving, active queer community, and be out and proud of your gender identity and sexual orientation.
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Below, you will find someone of the top LGBTQ-friendly destinations to explore if you're an LGBTQ student looking to analyze abroad. This is by no means an exhaustive list but these countries have been chosen because they have some of the most pro-LGBTQ laws, resources, and societal views in the world. Let's get to it: 8 of the most LGBTQ-friendly study abroad destinations:
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1. Canada
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While the United States has made significant strides in recent years to becoming more inclusive of LGBTQ people, it still pales in comparison to its more socially progressive neighbor to the north. In fact, Canada is considered to be one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world.
In , for example, 80% Denmark's Civil Unions: One Gigantic Leap for Mankind
ON OCTOBER 1, , AN EVENT UNLIKE ANY BEFORE in historytook place at the Copenhagen town hall in Denmark. That Sunday, a national law went into effect that allowed gay couples to be united in a civil union, and 11 gay male couples did just that — a school psychologist, a Lutheran minister, and a high school educator among them. One of the grooms, Eigil Axgil (né Eskildsen), then 67 years old, told Rex Wockner, an American reporter who was there covering it, “We just never could have dreamed that we would get this far.”
They had plenty of reason for doubt. Four decades earlier, Eigil’s loved one, Axel Axgil (né Lundahl-Madsen), launched Denmark’s first gay rights corporation, the League of (whose name was later changed to the less-discreet Danish National Organization for Gays and Lesbians, or LBL for short.) Out of the closet, Axel was fired from his bookkeeping employment and evicted by his landlord, but forged ahead. It was his group’s tireless lobbying over the years that eventually laid the groundwork that led to that his
Unrevolutionary Revolution: The Past, Offer and Future of Denmark’s Queer Community
A group of people stand around a table pointing at distinct designs of fliers. The fliers are all shadowy , each with a diverse configuration of a pink or yellow logo, and some have an additional rainbow or silhouette of a drag queen. A steaming coffeepot and a cake box sit beside the fliers. Soft sounds of guitar chords drift in from another room and a man begins to sing.
This is Living Room Tuesdays at Bøssehuset, the “Gay House” of Copenhagen’s Freetown Christiania neighborhood. Every Tuesday, its members get together to include cake and coffee, perform on craft projects such as knitting or sewing and enjoy each other’s company.
This week, they used this time to ready and rehearse for their Kønspolitisk Melodi Gram Prix, or “Gender-political Eurovision.”
Why It’s Newsworthy: In light of the increasing threat of anti-LGBTQ legislation in the United States, Denmark’s lane to general LGBTQ acceptance and solutions to current issues provide an curious comparison and perspective.
Although there are certainly still places in the world where existence LGBTQ is not accepted -- and in more extreme cases, illegal -- I've got some good news for you: things are getting better. There are countries in the world where you can feel comfortable in your own skin, find a thriving, active queer community, and be out and proud of your gender identity and sexual orientation.
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1. Canada
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In , for example, 80%
Denmark's Civil Unions: One Gigantic Leap for Mankind
ON OCTOBER 1, , AN EVENT UNLIKE ANY BEFORE in historytook place at the Copenhagen town hall in Denmark. That Sunday, a national law went into effect that allowed gay couples to be united in a civil union, and 11 gay male couples did just that — a school psychologist, a Lutheran minister, and a high school educator among them. One of the grooms, Eigil Axgil (né Eskildsen), then 67 years old, told Rex Wockner, an American reporter who was there covering it, “We just never could have dreamed that we would get this far.”
They had plenty of reason for doubt. Four decades earlier, Eigil’s loved one, Axel Axgil (né Lundahl-Madsen), launched Denmark’s first gay rights corporation, the League of (whose name was later changed to the less-discreet Danish National Organization for Gays and Lesbians, or LBL for short.) Out of the closet, Axel was fired from his bookkeeping employment and evicted by his landlord, but forged ahead. It was his group’s tireless lobbying over the years that eventually laid the groundwork that led to that his